Islamic law has been established by Allah SWT and the Prophet Muhammad as
lawmaker (al-syâri ') with the aim of benefiting mankind as a whole, is to maintain
existence, develop both quantity and quality), be it material or spiritual, which is in the
family Islamic law science is called maqâshid al-syarị'ah. Since it was constructed in the
early days, especially in the middle ages, maqâshid al-syarị'ah has been continuously
studied by scholars of Islamic law so that it has developed. To enforce the study of
maqâshid al-syarị'ah, ijtihad is carried out from time to time which is developed with
certain methods. Meanwhile maqāsid syari'ah is a theoretical approach to Islamic legal
philosophy to carry out the benefit of humans and attention to the application of law
which according to Syatibi is called al-Nazar fi al-Ma'ālat places maqāsid syari'ah as a
form of expressing the emphasis on the relationship between God's law content and
humane legal aspirations. To see the importance of maqāsid syari'ah knowledge in
ijtihad, one must have two criteria that must be met, namely being able to understand
well the maqāsid syari'ah perfectly and the ability to draw legal meaning based on
knowledge and understanding of maqāsid syari'ah with the help of language skills.
Arabic well and understanding the knowledge of the Koran and hadith well too.